Opinion
Why it’s time to end single-sex schooling
All forms of segregation have been systematically rooted out of society except the gender divide in our most elite schools.
The ParrhesianColumnistThis week’s exposé on Four Corners revealed that female teachers at a private boys’ school feel unsafe and marginalised by toxic behaviour. A year ago, Chanel Contos’ peer-initiated petition documented the virulent sexual assault issues prevalent among Sydney’s most prestigious all male schools.
It’s no coincidence that this same week the data on the gender pay gap was made public and the stats on women in leadership and women on boards remain intractably low, despite women making up almost half of the working population.
Subscribe to gift this article
Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Introducing your Newsfeed
Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
Find out moreRead More
Latest In Health & education
Fetching latest articles